ACerS Committees

Executive Committee

• Sylvia Johnson, President / NASA (retired)
• Tatsuki Ohji, President-elect / National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
• Michael Alexander, Past President / Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
• Stephen Houseman, Treasurer / Harrop Industries, Inc.
• Mark Mecklenborg, Executive Director / ACerS

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Board of Directors

• Mario Affatigato / Coe College
• Kevin Fox / Savannah River National Laboratory
• Dana Goski / Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
• John Kieffer / University of Michigan
• Lynnette Madsen / National Science Foundation
• Sanjay Mathur / University of Cologne
• Martha Mecartney / University of California, Irvine
• Gregory Rohrer / Carnegie Mellon University
• Jingyang Wang / Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research
• Stephen Freiman, Parliamentarian / Freiman Consulting, Inc.

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Finance Committee

• Stephen Houseman, Chair / Harrop Industries, Inc.
• Sylvia Johnson / NASA (retired)
• Tatsuki Ohji / National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
• Mario Affatigato / Coe College
• Dana Goski / Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
• Daniel Lease / WT Holdings, LLC

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Past Presidents Council

• James Johnson, 1973 /
• Lyle Holmes, 1977 /
• John Wachtman, 1978 /
• Dale Niesz, 1987-88 /
• William Rhodes, 1988-89 /
• William Payne, 1989-90 /
• Robert Eagan, 1990-91 /
• Dennis Readey, 1991-92 /
• David Johnson, 1994-95 / Bell Laboratories (retired)
• Delbert Day, 1995-96 / Missouri University of Science & Technology
• Carol Jantzen, 1996-97 / Savannah River National Laboratory
• James McCauley, 1997-98 /
• Steven Freiman, 1998-99 / Freiman Consulting, Inc.
• Paul Becher, 1999-00 / Oak Ridge National Lab (retired)
• Robert Oxnard, 2000-01 / Maryland Refractories
• James Houseman, 2001-02 / Harrop Industries. Inc.
• Gary Messing, 2002-03 / Pennsylvania State University
• Kathryn Logan, 2003-04 / Virginia Tech
• John Marra, 2004-05 / US Department of Energy-Office of Environmental Management
• Katherine Faber, 2006-07 / California Institute of Technology
• L. David Pye, 2007-08 / Alfred University, Empire State Glassworks LLC
• John Kaniuk, 2008-09 /
• Edwin Fuller, 2009-10 / North Carolina State University
• Marina Pascucci, 2010-11 / CeraNova Corporation
• George Wicks, 2011-12 / Applied Research Center
• Richard Brow, 2012-13 / Missouri University of Science & Technology
• David Green, 2013-14 / Pennsylvania State University
• Kathleen Richardson, 2014-15 / University of Central Florida
• Mrityunjay Singh, 2015-16 / Ohio Aerospace Institute
• William Lee, 2016-17 / Imperial College London
• Michael Alexander, 2017-18 / Allied Mineral Products, Inc.

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Nominating Committee

• 2018-19: Michael Alexander, Chair / Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
• 2016-19: Kristen Brosnan / GE Global Research
• 2018-19: Tolou Shokhufar / University of Illinois at Chicago
• 2016-19: Paolo Colombo / Università di Padova
• 2017-20: Geoff Brennecka / Colorado School of Mines
• 2017-20: Shibin Jiang / AdValue Technology LLC
• 2017-20: Dileep Singh / Argonne National Laboratory
• 2018-21: Keith Bowman / University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• 2018-21: Martin Harmer / Lehigh University
• 2018-21: Klaus-Markus Peters / Fireline, Inc.

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Publications Committee

• 2016-20: David Poerschke, Chair 2018-20 / University of Minnesota
• 2015-19: Susan Sinnott / Pennsylvania State University
• 2015-19: Ram Devanathan / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• 2016-20: Kathleen Cissel / Air Force Research Lab
• 2017-21: Fei Chen / Wuhan University of Technology
• 2017-21: Rick Ubic / Boise State University
• 2018-22: Bikramjit Basu / IISc Bangalore
• 2018-22: Peter Kroll / University of Texas at Arlington

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Book Publishing Sub-Committee

• 2016-19: Jake Amoroso / Savannah River National Laboratory
• 2016-19: Eva Hemmer / University of Ottawa
• 2016-19: Janet Callahan / Michigan Technological University
• 2017-20: Bikramjit Basu / IISc Bangalore
• 2017-20: Ed Gorzkowski / Naval Research Labs
• 2018-21: Gurpreet Singh / Kansas State University

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Meetings Committee

• 2015-19: Rodney Trice, Chair 2018-19 / Purdue University
• 2016-19: Joseph Fernando / Unifrax LLC
• 2017-20: C-W Kim / Mo-Sci Corporation
• 2018-21: Josh Pelletier / Imerys Aluminates
• 2016-19: Monica Ferraris / Politecnico di Torino – DISAT
• 2017-20: Shen Dillon / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 2018-21: Taylor Sparks / University of Utah

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Member Services Committee

• 2014-19: Kristin Breder, Chair 2017-19 / Saint-Gobain High Performance Materials
• 2015-19: Maria Juenger / University of Texas – Austin
• 2016-20: Kim Kurtis / Georgia Tech
• 2017-21: Valerie Wiesner / NASA Glenn Research Center
• 2018-22: Lisa Rueschhoff / Air Force Research Laboratory
• 2018-22: Thomas Fischer / University of Cologne

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Bulletin Editorial Advisory Board

• 2017-20: Kang Lee, Chair 2018-19 / NASA Glenn Research Center
• 2016-19: Thomas Fischer / University of Cologne
• 2016-19: Chunlei Wan / Tsinghua University
• 2017-20: Fei Chen / Wuhan University of Technology
• 2018-21: Daryl Butt / University of Utah
• 2018-24: Michael Cinibulk / Air Force Research Laboratory

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Distinguished Life Members Committee

• 2018-19: David Johnson, Chair 2018-19 / Bell Laboratories (retired)
• 2015-20: George Wicks / Applied Research Center
• 2016-21: Martin Harmer / Lehigh University
• 2017-22: James Houseman / Harrop Industries, Inc.
• 2018-23: Marina Pascucci / CeraNova Corporation

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Panel of Fellows

• 2016-19: Ed Fuller, Chair 2018-19 / North Carolina State University
• 2016-19: Ed Fuller, Art, Archaeology & Conservation Science Division / North Carolina State University
• 2017-20: Karren More, Basic Science Division / Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• 2015-21: David Lange, Cements Division / University of Illinois
• 2006-21: Amar Bhalla, Electronics Division / University of Texas at San Antonio
• 2015-21: Dileep Singh, Engineering Ceramics Division / Argonne National Laboratory
• 2016-19: Jackie Johnson, Glass & Optical Materials Division / University of Tennessee Space Institute
• 2015-21: Bill Carty, Manufacturing Division / Alfred University
• 2018-21: Yutai Katoh, Nuclear & Environmental Technology Division / Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• 2010-19: Jeff Smith, Refractory Ceramics Division / Missouri University of Science & Technology
• 2019-22: Michael Alexander, Structural Clay Products Division / Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
• 2017-20: Geoff Brennecka, Education and Professional Development Council / Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity and Inclusion Sub-Committee

• 2017-2019: Shen Dillon, Chair 2018-19 / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 2018-2020: Keith Bowman, Chair-elect / University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• 2017-2019: Susan Sinnott, Past Chair / Pennsylvania State University
• 2017-2019: Kristen Brosnan / GE Global Research
• 2017-2020: Mark Davis / SCHOTT North America, Inc.
• 2017-2020: Katherine Faber / California Institute of Technology
• 2017-2021: Javier Garay / University of California Riverside
• 2017-2021: Qiang Fu / Corning Incorporated
• 2017-2022: Sossina Haile / Northwestern University
• 2018-2023: Ryan McCarty / Stanford University
• 2018-2023: Veena Tikare / Sandia National Laboratories
• 2017-2019: Theresa Davey, PCSA / Tohoku University
• 2017-2019: Arnaud Ndayishimiye, GGRN / ICMCB – CNRS
• 2018-2019: Keith Bowman, Liaison to Multi-Society Diversity Council / University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Society Awards Committee

• 2017-19: Manabu Fukushima, Chair 2018-2019 / National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
• 2018-20: Monica Ferraris / Politecnico di Torino – DISAT

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Orton Memorial Lecture Sub-Committee

• 2016-19: Paolo Colombo, Chair 2018-19 /Università di Padova
• 2017-20: Subhash Risbud / University of California, Davis
• 2018-21: Gary Messing / Pennsylvania State University

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Ross Coffin Purdy Award Sub-Committee

• 2014-19: Carol Handwerker, Chair 2018-19 / Purdue University
• 2015-20: Toshihiro Ishikawa / Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi
• 2016-21: Julian Jones / Imperial College London
• 2017-22: Haiyan Wang / Purdue University
• 2018-23: Kathleen Richardson / University of Central Florida

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John Jeppson Award Sub-Committee

• 2016-19: Kristen Brosnan, Chair 2018-19 / GE Global Research Center
• 2016-19: Edgar Lara-Curzio / Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• 2016-19: Kristen Breder / Saint-Gobain High Performance Materials
• 2017-20: Hisayuki Suematsu / Nagaoka University of Technology
• 2017-20: Josh Pelletier / Imerys Aluminates
• 2017-20: Julie Schoenung / University of California – Irvine
• 2018-21: Beth Opila / University of Virginia
• 2018-21: Jill Glass /
• 2018-21: Yanchun Zhou / Aerospace Research Institute of Materials & Processing Technology

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Coble Award Sub-Committee

• 2014-19: David Peeler, Chair 2018-19 / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• 2015-20: Evelyn De Liso / DeLumiere Materials Consulting
• 2016-21: Jon Binner / University of Birmingham
• 2017-22: Wataru Sakamoto / Nagoya University
• 2018-23: Charles Lewinsohn / CoorsTek, Inc.

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Frontiers of Science & Society Rustum Roy Lecture Sub-Committee

• 2016-19: Helen Chan, Chair 2018-19 / Lehigh University
• 2017-20: Bruce Dunn / University of California Los Angeles
• 2018-21: Greg Rohrer / Carnegie Mellon University

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W. David Kingery Award Sub-Committee

• 2016-19: Martha Mecartney, Chair 2018-19 / University of California, Irvine
• 2016-19: Dietmar Koch / DLR – German Aerospace Center
• 2017-20: Zhengyi Fu / Wuhan University of Technology
• 2017-20: Nobuhito Imanaka / Osaka University
• 2018-21: Carolina Tallon / Virginia Tech
• 2018-21: Bikramjit Basu / IISc Bangalore

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Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award Sub-Committee

• 2016-19: Rick Ubic, Chair 2018-19 / Boise State University
• 2016-19: Yu Zhong / Saint-Gobain
• 2017-20: Pelegia (Perena) Gouma / The Ohio State University
• 2017-20: Kathy Lu / Virginia Tech
• 2018-19: Per Eklund / Linkoping University
• 2018-19: Ricardo Castro / University of California, Davis

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Richard M. Fulrath Awards Sub-Committee

• 2014-19: Jonathan Salem, Chair 2017-19 / NASA GRC
• 2015-20: Koji Watari / National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• 2016-21: Susan Troiler-McKinstry / Pennsylvania State University
• 2017-22: Andrew Gyekenyesi / Ohio Aerospace Institute
• 2018-23: Kiyoshi Shimamura / National Institute for Materials Science

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Corporate Environmental Achievement Award Sub-Committee

• 2016-19: Nancy Bunt, Chair 2018-19 / Imerys Aluminates
• 2017-20: Thomas Webster / Northeastern University
• 2018-21: Kristin Breder / Saint-Gobain High Performance Materials

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Corporate Technical Achievement Award
Sub-Committee

• 2016-19: Don Bray, chair 2018-19 /
• 2017-20: Cheol-woon (C-W) Kim / Mo-Sci Corporation
• 2018-21: Reinhard Lenk / CeramTec GmbH

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Darshana and Arun Varshneya Frontiers of Glass Lectures Sub-Committee

• 2016-19: John Ballato, Chair 2018-19 / Clemson University
• 2017-20: Himanshu Jain / Lehigh University
• 2018-19: Laeticia Petit / Tempere University of Technology

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Du-Co Ceramics Young Professional Award Sub-Committee

• 2018-19:          , Chair
• 2018-19: Kristin Breder / Saint-Gobain High Performance Materials
• 2018-19: Eva Hemmer / University of Ottawa

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Medal for Advancement in Ceramic Research and Technology Award Sub-Committee

• 2015-19: Vijay Jain, Chair 2018-19 / Savannah River Remediation LLC
• 2015-20: Shibin Jiang / Advalue Technology LLC
• 2016-21: Clive Randall / Pennsylvania State University
• 2017-22: Alexander Michaelis / Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies & Systems IKTS
• 2018-23: Stuart Hampshire / University of Limerick

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Geijsbeek PACRIM International Award Sub-Committee

• 2015-19: Michael Halbig, Chair 2017-19 / NASA Glenn Research Center
• 2015-19: Young-Wook Kim / University of Seoul
• 2015-19: Junichi Tatami / Yokohama National University
• 2017-21: Jingyang Wang / Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research
• 2017-21: Rajiv Asthana / University of Wisconsin-Stout
• 2018-19:  Takaaki Tsurumi, 2019 PACRIM Chair / Tokyo Institute of Technology

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Global Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award Sub-Committee

• 2018-19: Dana Goski, Chair / Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
• 2017-19: Robert Vassen / Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH
• 2017-20: Jow-Lay Huang / National Cheng Kung University
• 2017-21: Roger Narayan / North Carolina State University
• 2018-22: William Lee / Imperial College London

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Navrotsky Award for Experimental Thermodynamics of Solids Sub-Commitee

• 2019: Beth Opila, Chair / University of Virginia
• 2019-2020: Geetu Sharma / University of California, Davis
• 2019-2021: Waltraud Kriven / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 2019-2022: Shmuel Hayuns / Ben-Gurion University of Negev
• 2019-2023: Hans Seifert / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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Strategic Planning & Emerging Opportunities Committee

• 2018-19: Tatsuki Ohji, Chair, President-elect /
  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
• 2018-20: David Poerschke, Publications Committee Chair / University of Minnesota
• 2018-19: Rodney Trice, Meetings Committee Chair / Purdue University
• 2017-19: Kristin Breder, Member Services Committee Chair / Saint-Gobain High Performance Materials
• 2016-19: Theresa Davey, Member / Tohoku University
• 2016-19: Krista Grayson, Member / Mo-Sci Corporation
• 2016-19: Lisa Rueschhoff, Member / Air Force Research Laboratory
• 2017-20: Kelley Wilkerson, Member / Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
• 2018-21: Valerie Wiesner, Member / NASA Glenn Research Center
• 2018-21: Eva Hemmer, Member / University of Ottawa

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Material Advantage Committee

• Marissa Reigel / Savannah River National Laboratory
• Valerie Wiesner / NASA Glenn Research Center
• Edmund Moore / United State Air Force
• R. Allen Kimel /

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ABET Representatives

• Janet Callahan / Michigan Technological University
• Harrie Stevens / Alfred University (retired)
• Bill Mullins / U.S. Navy
• Alix Clare / New York State College of Ceramics
• William Hammetter /
• Grant Norton /

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Young Professionals Network

• Charmayne Lonergan, Co-chair / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Kathleen Cissel, Co-chair / UES at Air Force Research Lab 

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Education and Professional Development Council

• Marissa Reigel / Savannah River National Laboratory
• Janet Callahan / Michigan Technological University

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Humanitarian Activities Network

• Ian Nettleship, Co-chair / University of Pittsburgh
• Clive Randall, Co-chair / Pennsylvania State University

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Presidents Council of Student Advisers

• Scott McCormack, Chair / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Kimiko Nakajima, Communications Committee Chair / University of California, Davis
• Christopher Kassner, Outreach Committee Co-chair / University of Virginia
• Peter Meisenheimer, Outreach Committee Co-chair / University of Michigan
• Michael Walden, Programming Committee Chair / Colorado School of Mines
• Adrianna Lupercio, Recruitment Committee Chair / Boise State University
• Tyler Grant, External Partnership Committee Chair / University of Virginia